About me

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I earned my BEng from Sichuan University in 2014 and PhD from Wuhan University in 2020. Now I am working as a postdoctoral fellow in Prof. Giovanni Grasselli’s group at the University of Toronto.

My research interests lie in THMC coupling modelling and computational mechanics, which are applied to most modern critical energy and storage applications (e.g., CO2 geological storage, geothermal energy extraction, radioactive waste storage, and oil/gas exploitation). Recently, He is trying to develop a robust THMC coupling model based on the combined finite-discrete element method (FDEM).

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[12/2023] Dr Sun served as the leading guest editor of a special issue "AGU23-THMC Coupling in Subsurface Geological Media" on The International Journal of Coal Science & Technology.

[12/2023] New paper on a coupled cryogenic thermo-hydro-mechanical model for frozen medium.

[11/2023] Congratulations to Kareem Aboayanah won the Best Student Paper at the 2023 International Geomechanics Symposium.

[11/2023] New paper on Flow simulation for digitally captured 3D fracture networks.

[09/2023] New paper on a generalized pipe-based cell-centered finite volume model with local grid refinement.

[07/2023] Congratulations to Dr Sun's successful delivery of the presentation in the 17th U. S. National Congress on Computational Mechanics.

[05/2023] Dr Sun presented in The 2023 HQP Symposium.

[04/2023] Dr Sun presented in The first youth academic workshop of Wuhan University.

[04/2023] New paper on stability analysis of reservoir slopes under fluctuating water levels.

[12/2022] Dr Sun co-chaired the Global FDEM Workshop 2022.

[10/2022] New paper on a novel low-temperature thermo-mechanical coupling model for frost cracking simulation.

[11/2022] Dr Sun presented in the CouFrac 2022.

[06/2022] Dr Sun presented in the 2022 NSERC/Energi Simulation IRC Showcase.

[06/2022] Dr Sun presented in the The Canadian Society for Unconventional Resources 2022 (CSUR).

Lei Sun

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